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Session 23 - 14th Sep 2025 In-game date: Sunday 3rd December 1934 - 5.30pm

Ralph, Sergei, William are scouting the ball court. Robert, Nolan and Michael are outside the plaza in the jungle. The investigators regroup beyond the jungle line. There are tracks of a large group of people trampling the grass, first found near the entrance of the ball court. The trampling is intermittent - appearing and disappearing. The investigators decide to camp outside the plaza. The guides set camp and organise a quick dinner in a very tense mood. The moonlight bathes Chichen Xoxul, while the camp is in the deepest of the darkness. Nolan, Robert, Elena take the first shift. Suddenly in front of them appear a large group of Xoxul carrying torches, surrounding them. They point them towards the city. The whole group goes back to the clearing, which is filled by Xoxul, arranged forming a corridor leading to the pyramid. At the top of the pyramid a monstrous creature, a cross between a frog and a very large feline sits and observes as they climb the stairs (only the PCs). At the top, within the altar room, a man is sacrified and his blood flows to open the stone trap door, leading to the observatory. In the observatory Alvar is sitting there, working on his book, translating the frescoes of the wall from Xoxul. He has been there a few weeks, but for him only a few hours. He is the sole survivor of the Dominguez expedition. The observatory is activated by Gol-Goroth and the investigators find themselves in the peak of the Xoxul culture in 1500s, the city is teeming with life. Afterwards the observatory travels to Goxumal where the investigators face Gol-Goroth and see a gigantic purple star in the sky. The investigators open the trapdoor and Gol-Goroth consumes Alvar. Then Gol-Goroth takes over the minds of the investigators. It has been wronged by the liar from beyond It has stolen its name and usurped its identity Does not know its real name, but can recognise it as the Prisoner of Glaaki The investigators need to find out the name of the liar Once the investigators are in the presence of the body of the liar, they can summon Gol-Goroth to fight the liar The spell to summon Gol-Goroth is imprinted in the minds of all the investigators They see images in their mind of mouths consuming the planet from inside, and a large eye - Azathoth that amidst a rain of ash consumes Golxumal and Gol-Goroth The investigators find themselves in the observatory, in possession of pendants that depict Gol-Goroth in black stone. They spend some time going through the rest of Chichen Xoxul and they do not find any trace of their companions. They find weeks old remains of their camp and they find their backpacks. They prepare and walk all the way back to Merida.

They arrive back to Merida about on month after they left, on Jan 3rd 1935. They get back to the hotel and get back in touch with Mikhail via telegram in New York. They talk with de la Vega who recognises the pendants as boons of Gol-Goroth - he does not know their capabilities - if any. Sergei will try to connect De la Vega with Janet and Mikhail, and the group recovers from their wounds in Merida.